When to plant garlic in Tours: 28 October – end of December

In Tours, garlic: plant from 28 October to the end of December. For planting stock, the places nearby include Ferme de la Paternelle (farm shop, 7 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Garlic is best planted early in the window: cloves planted late make smaller bulbs. Late planting works only while the soil is not frozen. Mulch after planting.

The average daily temperature here stays above 0 °C all winter, and at least two months average 10 °C or less: the cold garlic needs, one to two months at 0–10 °C (RHS). The two-month threshold is our rule of thumb. Sources: UVM Extension, UNH Extension, RHS.

Garlic in Tours: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Tours from 28 October to the end of December; the window opens a month before the first autumn frost. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 2.2 °C.

Planting	28 October – end of December
First autumn frost	27 November
Coldest nights	January, 2.2 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: July
Daylight	10:14 on 28 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	8:27

Garlic in Tours: care after planting

Planted on 28 October: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

Feeding, by the card’s schedule from that day:

28 October — feed: nitrogen
25 November — feed: nitrogen

Pests and diseases of garlic to watch for:

Dates count from the first planting day of the window above; a later planting moves them by as many days.

Garlic in nearby cities

Around Tours, Poitiers is 8 days earlier and Nantes 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Le Mans	77 km	25 October – end of December	3 days earlier
Angers	94 km	28 October – end of December	same day
Poitiers	94 km	20 October – end of December	8 days earlier
Orléans	107 km	26 October – end of December	2 days earlier
Nantes	170 km	30 October – end of December	2 days later
Limoges	179 km	28 October – end of December	same day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Tours

Planting stock goes into the ground from 28 October to the end of December; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Tours OpenStreetMap lists 17 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 1 plant nursery, 37 markets and 12 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Ferme de la Paternelle — farm shop
Wed 10:00–13:00; Fri 15:30–18:30; Jul–Aug Wed closed · 7 km
La Bulle Verte — garden centre
10 km · labulleverte.fr
Castorama Jardin — garden centre
6 km
Espace Emeraude — garden centre
6 km

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